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   Will Dockery to All   
   Re: The Ahmos Zu-Bolton proof, again   
   22 Feb 26 05:54:34   
   
   From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) posted:   
   > Will Dockery wrote:   
   >> mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   >>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >>>> nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in   
   >>>> news:IaWdnYA2IOs3pAv0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com:   
   > >>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   > >>>>>> mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   > >>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >   
   > >>>>>> The Ahmos Zu-Bolton proof, again.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> 1976 Poet-In-Residence at Carver High School, Columbus Georgia.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> (See JLA Forums attachment)   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Ahmos Zu-Bolton was in Columbus, GA. in Spring 1976.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Yes, he was, as the evidence shows.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> See the evidence in the JLA Forums attachment posted in this   
   > >>>>>> thread.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I scanned the evidence from the published introduction to Pegasus   
   > >>>>>> 1976 edition, written by Ahmos Zu-Bolton in 1976.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> The evidence is genuine.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Find a published copy of Pegasus and prove otherwise, which of   
   > >>>>>> course you can't or won't do.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> We can't find a copy of something that does not exist, such as the   
   > >>>>>> 1976 Pegasus "Literary Journal."   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> It exists.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Look it up.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> it would only prove that some little known poet sat in on a couple   
   > >>>>>> of Dan Barfirld's classes.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> That's true, which is what it proves   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> MMP: That's what it *would* prove, if it could be verified.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Dockery: It hasn't been tampered with, it's genuine.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Thus, it's legitimate proof that Ahmos Zu-Bolton was in Columbus   
   > >>>>>> Georgia at Carver High School in 1976.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> MMP: It's a matter of whether it *could have been* tampered with.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I believe that Zu-Bolton sat in on a couple of Barfield's classes,   
   > >>>>>> and I believe that he penned the letter (which is used as an   
   > >>>>>> Introduction).   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Dockery: That's great, since that's basically what I've been   
   > >>>>>> arguing all this time.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> We can end this now with that, if you'd like.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> We don't think that Will has "Pegasus" in his possession anymore.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Yes, I do have a copy, which I'll scan in the near future.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Also, we don't think he had a poem included in said "publication."   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I published one poem in the Pegasus 1976 edition, and have posted a   
   > >>>>>> screenshot of that page, which also included art.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> No, you didn't.  You were not included in the publication   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Stop lying and misrepresenting, NancyGene.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I had one poem published in Pegasus 1976 and have posted a scan of   
   the page here and elsewhere.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Look it up.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> We did, and you didn't.  "Neon Bones" is not on AAPC, let alone a   
   scan of the poem in "Pegasus."   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Okay, I'll post the poem soon since there's some interest in it   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Searches of Google AAPC, the other Google poetry groups, the archives   
   on JLA Forums, Google and Facebook show no "Neon Bones" poem or scan.  There   
   are a some posts from you, Will Donkey, saying that it is not on the Internet   
   and that it was in "   
   Pegasus," but your word is unreliable.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> The scan was posted on Facebook but not here, since I'm planning on   
   posting a typed edit if the poem as well as the screenshot/scan.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> NancyGene, you must have missed this post:   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Thanks again for the interest, I'll type the "Neon Bones" poem up and   
   post it here on the newsgoup in the near future   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Just post a picture of the poem showing it IN Pegasus.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I've been planning on it.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> 11 years in the planning!  Epic!   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> No, I was just reminded of "Neon Bones."   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> It's a good idea to post the poem here, though, and when I retype and   
   edit the poem, I'll post it here.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> "Shattered," I think, is a good poem for that form of poetry   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> You were 18 years old in the 11th grade.  It says "-Will Dockery /   
   August 20 1976" at the bottom.   
      
   Okay, tren that's the correct age.   
      
   > >> Okay, I turned 18 in May of that year.   
   > >   
   > > Then why were you claiming more than once that you were 16/quote]   
   > >   
   > > Because I was speaking in general.   
   > >   
   > > I was 17 years old on this day 50 years ago, and was 18 years old in   
   August 1976.   
   >   
   > You were speaking specifically, at least twice, that you were 16 YEARS OLD   
   when you wrote the poem   
      
   That seemed to be about the right age, now the age is corrected.   
      
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